Arizona and its new immigration law offer a frightening preview of the police-state mentality that could envelop other parts of the nation if anti-immigrant hysteria spreads to other states with weak-kneed legislatures and city councils.
Under the law signed last week, cops can stop anyone if officers think there is “a reasonable suspicion” the person is in the country illegally. People can be jailed for the vague offense of trespassing if they are stopped on public or private land. The law requires some form of government identification to prove legal status. Arizona, as Linda Greenhouse wrote in The New York Times, would, in effect, require “internal passports, one of the most distasteful features of life in the Soviet Union and apartheid-era South Africa.”

Ernie- you have a foul mouth-which I reckon is due to a small brain. I SAY ALL immigration is a problem. You didn't answer my queries--I used small words, ya twerp

Comment by Patriot 2012

Entered on: 4/29/2010 1:38:24 PM

come to Arizona...and feel safe! Thats right....What are you afraid of? Your rights? In this day and age....its time to control the masses because of too many people getting away with BS. Bring on the REAL ID

Comment by Anonymous

Entered on: 4/29/2010 9:49:41 AM

BIG NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!!1!!!!eleven!!!!1

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PUT IN A VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS TO POST HERE

AND FYI IDIOT THE LEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM YOU XENOPHOBIC COW "OSWEGOSCOTT" IT IS ONLY THE ILLEGAL ONES!

Comment by Scott Heitmann

Entered on: 4/29/2010 9:31:24 AM

Weak kneed ? HAHAHA Some folks finally got tired of waiting for the Feds and are enforcing the law , protecting our jobs and attempting to retain monies for the care of our citizens.

I could go on and on,but it boils down to these questions;

How can allowing a million+ legal and illegal immigrants enter our country NOT place a huge burden on our thinning resources? Isn't it enough that many of us are already taking in relatives who have financial trouble? We should burden ourselves with STRANGERS from other countries? Screw all the liberal wishy washy crap. It's now time to take care of US !!